Northern Nash High School | |
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Address | |
4230 Green Hills Road 27804 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°59′56″N77°53′29″W / 35.9987646°N 77.8913711°W [1] |
Information | |
Motto | "Encouraging Students to become Life-long Learners" |
Established | 1966 |
Status | Open for enrollment |
School district | Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools |
CEEB code | 343365 |
Principal | Jeff White |
Teaching staff | 59.52 (as of 2018–19) [2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,046 (2018–19) [3] |
Average class size | ~30 students |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.57 (as of 2018–19) [2] |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Athletics conference | Big East |
Mascot | Knight |
Team name | Fighting Knights |
Website | northernnashhs |
Northern Nash High School is a high school located in Nash County, west of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina city limits.
Northern Nash High School opened in 1966, consolidating the former Nashville High School, Red Oak High School, Benvenue High School and in its second year, Swift Creek High School. As such, it was one of the first integrated schools in Rocky Mount. [4]
Northern Nash offers Cisco Networking Academy courses in its technical education offerings. [5] A dual-enrollment program is offered in which students may enroll in some classes at nearby Nash Community College.
The band program has many ensembles during both the summer and the school year, including Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Winterguard.
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(help)Nash-Rocky Mount high schools are giving students an alternative to the traditional high school education through career and technical education academies... The Cisco and Health and Sciences academies initiatives are introducing students to an array of career opportunities.
...Northern Nash High School got an All-America of its own Monday. J.J. Arrington, a former star football player at the school, was selected to The Associated Press All-America team.
After he graduated from Northern Nash High School in the mid-'70s, Barnes became the Sunset Jubilaires' lead singer.
Regardless, another door opened for Godwin, a Northern Nash High School graduate.